M. Clay
Adams Filmography
Compiled
by M. Clay Adams
(M. Clay Adams is a member of Motion Picture Pioneers)
1935-1939 Fox Film Studio and 20th Century Fox, Hollywood
Assistant to Sol M.
Wurtzel, executive producer of 26 of the 52 films turned out each
year by this studio in the so-called "Golden Years of Hollywood."
(The Wurtzel unit
produced this studio's lower budget B pictures. Daryl F. Zanuck
was overall head of the studio and executive producer of the high
budget films.)
Story editor, film
editor and screenwriter on several pictures during this period.
1939-1940 RKO-Pathe, Inc., Hollywood
Manager, West Coast
office of Pathe News.
Produced, wrote and
directed Picture People, a monthly short subject depicting
the home life and hobbies of the stars, released by RKO for showing
in theaters between "double features," which were common in those
years.
1940-1942 RKO-Pathe, Inc., New York City
Producer in charge
of making Navy training films under contract with the U.S. Navy.
1942-1945 Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve
Producer, director,
writer in the Training Film Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S.
Navy.
Produced and directed
My Japan, a theatrical film released by the Treasury
Department to promote the sale of War Bonds.
Producer, How
To Be A Civilian, starring comic Robert Benchley. Separate
versions were made for the Navy and Marine Corps for showing to
Navy and Marine groups at the time of their discharge from World
War II war service.
1946-1950 RKO-Pathe, Inc., New York
Producer, writer and
director of industrial films produced under contract with various
large corporations.
Producer, writer,
director, Strategic Attack, a documentary film showing
the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for
the Strategic Air Command of the U. S. Air Force. Narrated by
famed CBS war correspondent Edward R. Murrow.
1950-1952 National Broadcasting Co., New York
Director, Victory At Sea, a many-award-winning NBC 26
episode documentary on the role of the U.S. Navy in World War
II. (The most frequently "re-broadcast" TV series in the history
of television.)
1952-1960 Columbia Broadcasting Co., New York
CBS Television, Director
of Film Production.
In charge of production and associate producer, Sergeant
Bilko Show. Comedy show starring Phil Silvers, which ran
on the CBS Network for 3 years.
Executive In Charge
of Production, I Remember Mamma film series.
Executive in Charge
of Production of numerous "pilot" films for CBS Television.
1961-1973 Clayco Films, Inc., New York, Owner and President
Executive In Charge
of Production:
Brenner,
CBS-TV film series.
The Defenders,
CBS-TV film series starring E.G. Marshal and written by Reggie
Rose, brilliant writer of Twelve Angry Men (later revived
on the Broadway stage).
The Doctors and
Nurses, CBS TV film series.
The Bell Telephone
Hour, Several TV film specials in association with Henry
Jaffe Productions.
The Hallmark Theater,
Several TV film specials in association with Henry Jaffe Productions.
Jackie Gleason,
TV film specials for CBS.
Produced various film
segments for The Jackie Gleason Show.
The Beatles At
Shea Stadium, one-hour Ed Sullivan CBS-TV special. The first
motion picture documentary of a "rock" concert.
Produced various film
segments for the Ed Sullivan Show.
(April 2006)
